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British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday suffered a grievous parliamentary defeat over Brexit, after her own MPs rebelled to demand parliament have the final say on the divorce deal with Brussels. Members of May’s Conservative party joined with...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC ) has confirmed an attack by unknown gunmen on a property belonging to its Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu. In a statement on Wednesday evening, spokesman of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, established...

Lionel Messi expressed tithe sad memory of losing the 2014 World Cup but hopes Russia 2018 brings good tidings for him. The Barcelona forward led a team of Argentine players that had lost three cup finals – 2014 World Cup lost to Germany and back to back...

The National leader of the All Progressive Congress, (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has dismissed report that he was planning to become President Mohammodu Buhari’s running mate in 2019. Tinubu, in a statement issued by his media office, said: “The attention...

A female cashier of the Iludun-Oro Micro Finance Bank, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mrs. Dupe Abolarin, has been dragged before an Ilorin Magistrate Court for allegedly defrauding the bank of a sum of N4 million. The accused, a 47-year-old...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday evening said the state had enjoyed an appreciable level of religious tolerance and harmony in the last 30 months since he assumed office, attributing it to the atmosphere of peaceful co-existence...

Fayose joined others in quenching inferno at Phenrose Filling Station along Irona/Ilawe road, Ado-Ekiti yesterday. It was reported that, Ekiti State fire service personnel immediately joined the Governor to save the Petroleum station from the conflagrating...

The Federal Government says it has paid the whistle-blower that provided information which led to the recovery of N13bn from an Ikoyi apartment. The money was recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on 12 April , 2017. It was gathered...

In response to America’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel, Islamic nations have put aside their differences and recognised East Jerusalem as the capital of occupied Palestine. This was made known in a communique issued by the Organisation...

The president of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick has begged Nigerians and football lovers for the FIFA sanctions on the country. FIFA had rejected Nigeria’s defence on the use of an ineligible player during the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier...

Palestinians have the privilege to Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem as their capital, Saudi King Salman said Wednesday, echoing calls at an Islamic summit in Istanbul from which he had stayed away. The king remarked that, "The kingdom has called for a political...

A former Facebook executive has admitted that he bans his children from using the site – saying he feels ‘tremendous guilt’ for his part in creating the service now used by billions of people. Chamath Palihapitiya, former vice president for user growth,...

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chiefs are to set up a search panel for a credible presidential candidate, a source said yesterday. A senior party official, who pleaded not to be named, said the party had decided to scout for a “sellable” candidate who...

Hip hop megastar David Adeleke popularly known as Davido is ready to crown his ‘30 Billion World Tour’ with a concert on 27 December, 2017 at Eko Hotels Convention Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. It was reported that this will be the final stop of Davido’s...

Police in Enugu have had a shootout with a gang of robbers and cultists within Nsukka town and gunned down two notorious suspects. The incident happened on 9 December, according to the state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ebere Amaraizu....

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced the diversion of traffic for the hip-hop singer, Olamide’s annual Olamide Live in Concert fourth edition. The concert will take place on December 17 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere in Lagos. According...

From time immemorial, the international picture of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has been a tale of fines, sanctions and mutilations. While past fines for fielding wrong players or violating basic rules have been wagged over, we thought the blunders...

A 50 year old man from Maigoge Village in Marita local government area has confessed to have killed his wife because she was starving him of food. According to him , “My wife was fond of not giving me food in time and when I complain she will abuse me...

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed on Tuesday the Board has remitted additional N3.6 billion to the treasury. He said the N5.2 billion earlier sent to the treasury was not the total money...

Doctors have earlier advised a mother with baby upside-down head, Claudio Vieira de Oliveira, to starve him to death, but the mother resisted the advise. This is because something was far from normal about his appearance. Claudio was born with a rare...

Jose Mourinho has lambasted Manchester City players of a lack of “education” over their celebrations at Old Trafford following Sunday’s derby win. The Manchester United manager was reluctant to speak about the confrontation outside the dressing rooms...

About 100 women were recorded to have died in Zamfara in 2016 due to pregnancy related complications, a medical consultant with the Federal Medical Centre, Gusau, Dr Abubakar Danladi, disclosed. Danladi unveiled this on Tuesday in his presentation at...

The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said Tuesday’s verdict by the Court of Appeal exonerated him from 15 of the Tribunal charges preferred against him by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). In a statement by his media adviser, Yusuph Olaniyonu,...

FIFA has fined the Nigeria Football Federation 6,000 Swiss Francs (about N2,177,280) for involving an ineligible player in a Russia 2018 World Cup qualifying match. The disciplinary committee of the body in a statement on Tuesday said the three-time African...

Russia will “do everything necessary” to facilitate an agreement between rival camps in Libya to end the country’s political crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov disclosed on Tuesday. “We will assist in resolving all questions in negotiations...